"Some people trace the roots of modern-day Spring
Break back to the ancient rituals of the Greeks and
Romans in rituals celebrating Dionysus
(Greek)/ Bacchus (Roman), the god of wine, and the return of spring." "Since the 19th century (if
not earlier), American Students traveled to the coast or to
the site of a mineral spring as a
restorative cure for the rigors of
academic life In the early 20th century, the combination
of the establishment of female collegiate alternatives
to traditionally male-only universities and the invention
of the car created 'The Road Trip' as a mechanism
among college students for the
co-mingling of the sexes." - per A history of Spring Break